“ Rijkaard ” redirects here. For his don, see Herman Rijkaard
Franklin Edmundo Rijkaard ( dutch pronunciation : [ ˈfrɑŋk ˈɛdmuːn.doː ˈrɛi̯kaːrt ] ( ) ; born 30 September 1962 ) is a dutch erstwhile football player and former director who played as a midfielder or defender. Rijkaard played for Ajax, Real Zaragoza and AC Milan and represented the Netherlands home team side 73 times, scoring 10 goals. In his managerial career, he was at the helm of the Netherlands home team, Sparta Rotterdam, Barcelona, Galatasaray and the Saudi Arabia national team.
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Regarded as one of the best midfielders in footballing history, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Rijkaard was described by british circular The Daily Telegraph as having been “ a fashionable player of faultless lineage ”. [ 4 ]
Playing career [edit ]
Rijkaard with Ajax in July 1981
ajax [edit ]
Rijkaard was born in Amsterdam. His mother Neel is Dutch and his father Herman ( 1935–2010 ) [ 5 ] was a Surinamese football player who arrived in the Netherlands along with the forefather of Ruud Gullit ; the two sons grew up playing together in the city. [ 6 ] Rijkaard was just 17 when Ajax coach Leo Beenhakker gave him his senior police squad introduction on 23 August 1980. He made an immediate affect, scoring the one-third goal in a 4–2 away victory over Go Ahead Eagles, the foremost league pit in the 1980–81 season. He would play another 23 games for Ajax in his first season, netting four goals. In 1981–82, he won his first league backing with Ajax and went on to successfully defend the title the watch season. Rijkaard stayed at Ajax for seven-and-a-half seasons. During this period, he won the Dutch league backing three times ( 1981–82, 1982–83, 1984–85 ) and the dutch Cup three times ( 1982–83, 1985–86, 1986–87 ). In the 1986–87 season, he won the Cup Winners ‘ Cup with Ajax over Lokomotiv Leipzig, winning 1–0. In September 1987, what would have been Rijkaard ‘s third gear season ( 1987–88 ) under Dutchman Johan Cruyff as capitulum passenger car, Rijkaard stormed off the train field and vowed never to play under him again. He was subsequently signed by Sporting CP, but he signed besides late to be eligible to play in any rival. He was immediately loaned out to Real Zaragoza, but upon completing his first gear season at Zaragoza was signed by AC Milan .
AC Milan [edit ]
Rijkaard played for five seasons at Milan. It was coach Arrigo Sacchi who saw Rijkaard as playing a pivotal character at Milan and transformed the cardinal defender into a populace course holding midfielder, where the Dutchman ‘s aggressive and firm style would go on to influence the likes of Patrick Vieira to replicate in future years. Playing aboard colleague country-men Marco van Basten and Ruud Gullit, Rijkaard won the european Cup twice ( in 1989 against Steaua București and 1990, against Benfica ) and the domestic Serie A backing doubly. In the 1990 european Cup Final, he scored the only goal to win the cup for Milan. [ 7 ]
revert to Ajax [edit ]
After five seasons in Italy, Rijkaard returned to Ajax in 1993. With Louis van Gaal at the helm, Rijkaard and Danny Blind formed the experience defensive core of the Ajax team that won the beginning two of three back-to-back Dutch championship. Ajax were the unbeaten champions of the Netherlands in the 1994–95 season, and carried that success into Europe. In his concluding game, Rijkaard won the Champions League with a 1–0 victory over Milan in the 1995 final examination at the Ernst-Happel-Stadion in Vienna. He was named in the FIFA 100, Pelé ‘s tilt of the 125 World ‘s Greatest Footballers .
International career [edit ]
Frank Rijkaard and Carmen Sandries getting married on 10 October 1985 On the international stage, Rijkaard made his debut for the Netherlands in 1981. He was partially of the dutch side that won UEFA Euro 1988 with a 2–0 win in the final examination over the Soviet Union, playing at centre-back aboard Ronald Koeman. He won a total of 73 caps and scored 10 goals. Rijkaard besides played for the Netherlands during the 1990 and 1994 FIFA World Cups and at Euro 1992. At Euro 1992, Rijkaard scored a late counterweight for the Netherlands in a 2–2 draw with Denmark at the semi-final degree but the Dutch went out on penalties. He made his final appearance for the Netherlands in the 3–2 get the better of against eventual winners Brazil in the quarter-finals of the 1994 World Cup .
Spitting incidental [edit ]
Rijkaard was the cause of an incident with Rudi Völler when West Germany played the Netherlands in the 1990 World Cup. Rijkaard was booked for a fishing gear on Völler and, as Rijkaard took up position for the free kick, he spat in Völler ‘s hair’s-breadth. Völler complained to the referee and was booked vitamin a well. From the resulting barren kick, Völler then handled the ball and then went to the prime ( according to his own report ) to avoid a collision with Dutch keeper Hans van Breukelen, while others, notably Rijkaard and van Breukelen, saw Voller ‘s handball and his resulting action as a dive in hopes for a penalty. Van Breukelen was angry at this but Rijkaard, already annoyed by Völler ‘s previous antics, again confronted the west german by twisting his ear and stamping on his foot. Argentine referee Juan Carlos Loustau was tired of both Völler and Rijkaard ‘s systematically hostile antics towards each early in such a short time period of time, and fearing a fight between the two, sent off both Rijkaard and Völler. As he jogged back to the entrance tunnel, Rijkaard again spat in Völler ‘s hair’s-breadth as they left the pitch. [ 8 ] The german imperativeness nicknamed him “ Llama “ for his spit. Rijkaard would belated apologise for his behavior to Völler, who accepted. [ 9 ]
style of play [edit ]
Regarded as one of the greatest players in his put, Rijkaard was a quick, strong, complete and retentive defensive midfielder who was praised by pundits throughout his career for his physical and athletic attributes, his knead rate, put, his acute accent tactical intelligence and decision-making, american samoa well as his outstanding consistency and ability to read the game. Due to his aggression and versatility, he was besides adequate to of playing as a central or box-to-box midfielder, and even in a defensive character, normally in the center. [ 10 ] Although Rijkaard was known as strong tackler, he was surprisingly elegant for a player of his size, and besides possessed good proficiency, passing ability, link-up play, and sight, which made him adept at starting attacking plays as a deep-lying playmaker once he won back possession ; [ 10 ] [ 11 ] because of his technical skills and creative abilities, he was besides adequate to of playing in more promote roles, as an attacking midfielder or second striker. due to his altitude and physical lastingness, he excelled in the air out, and besides possessed a mighty scene ; furthermore, he was capable of getting forth and contributing to his team ‘s attacking plays with goals by making late runs into the penalty area. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ]
Managerial career [edit ]
early years [edit ]
Rijkaard ‘s coaching career began when he was appointed director of the Netherlands national team in 1998. He had previously served as an assistant coach, along with Johan Neeskens and Ronald Koeman under the managerial tenure of Guus Hiddink. At the prison term, he was not taken badly as a director because of his inexperience, but he was able to guide his national side to the semi-finals of Euro 2000. During the group phase, the Dutch team won slowly but surely and managed to get three victories : 1–0 against the Czech Republic, 3–0 against Denmark and 3–2 against France. In the quarter-final, his side produced the biggest gain of the competition, a 6–1 result against Yugoslavia. The Netherlands played some of the best football of the tournament, but lost their semi-final pit to Italy on penalties ; Rijkaard resigned immediately. [ 14 ] During the 2001–02 season, he became coach of Sparta Rotterdam in the Eredivisie, the oldest professional team in the state. Rijkaard enjoyed the down-to-earth atmosphere, although the club was not financially solid. [ 15 ] Under his leadership, the club was relegated to the irregular division for the first time in its history, and he was consequently sacked .
Barcelona [edit ]
First years [edit ]
Rijkaard was not out of a coach character for farseeing, and less than a class after leaving Sparta, he was appointed director of Barcelona for the 2003–04 season, with Albert Roca as the adjunct bus. The season would prove to be a watershed for the club, but not without initial imbalance. Rijkaard arrived at the golf club as it entered a newly phase, having elected a modern president in Joan Laporta and a new managerial board, but with fans infelicitous that Laporta had let English midfielder David Beckham snub the luck to join the club. For Rijkaard, the team he inherited, with the exception of raw ace sign Ronaldinho ( who was the club ‘s second choice after Beckham ), besides consisted of many underachieving players from the honest-to-god guard and era that failed to meet the club and its fans ‘ demands to match archrival Real Madrid ‘s success in the early 2000s, having not won a trophy since 1999. Rijkaard had a disappoint begin at Barcelona that saw some sections of the club ‘s fans call for his resignation, and he drew antiaircraft from the media when the team lost to Real Madrid in December 2003. [ 15 ] Rijkaard ‘s resilience won done and from 2004 onwards, he achieved a massive reversal, as the team went from lastingness to potency. Barcelona finished runner-up in La Liga in 2003–04, having been close to the delegating zone at one point in the earlier stages of the season. Rijkaard then took Barcelona to the next level as he phased out the previous guard and rebuilt a new-look side around Ronaldinho, with new players like Deco, Samuel Eto’o, Rafael Márquez and Ludovic Giuly, along with the latest promotion of some young players from the previous earned run average trained in the clubhouse ‘s youth teams, including Víctor Valdés, Lionel Messi and Andrés Iniesta. He finally succeeded in turning around the fortunes of the club, with the strong support of Laporta, and within the next pair of years last managed to win La Liga both in 2004–05 and in 2005–06 .
Champions League title and after [edit ]
Rijkaard ( second from left ) with Xavi Ronaldinho and Puyol at NASA in 2006 Rijkaard became the first gear Barcelona coach to have won doubly at Real Madrid ‘s Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, an accomplishment which even successful managers like Johan Cruyff, Louis van Gaal and Luis Aragonés were unable to accomplish. His no-nonsense policy on and off the sphere, and the sparkling football played by his team, won him many plaudits and Rijkaard was among the five nominated coaches for UEFA ‘s team of the class 2005. On 8 March 2006, he was besides honoured by UEFA for his contributions to the european Cup rival throughout his career as player and coach. [ 16 ] Rijkaard besides achieved success on the european stage, winning the 2005–06 Champions League with a 2–1 winnings against Arsenal in the final. Barcelona had been losing 1–0 for most of the pit before his late tactical substitutions proved the critical factor, as the introduction of Henrik Larsson and Juliano Belletti contributed immediately to Barcelona ‘s two goals. The win made him the fifth individual to have won the european Cup both as a actor and as a director, aboard Miguel Muñoz, Giovanni Trapattoni, Johan Cruyff and Carlo Ancelotti, a feat subsequently achieved besides by his eventual successor, Pep Guardiola and then Zinedine Zidane. After losing to Manchester United in the semi-final of the 2007–08 Champions League, Rijkaard was asked whether he would quit at the goal of the temper, since he had not won anything for two consecutive seasons. He replied, “ I have no intention of leaving. It would be different if the players were saying it is time for me to go but that is not the case. ” On 1 May 2008, it was reported that Rijkaard allegedly confided to a colleague that he would be stepping down a Barcelona coach at the end of the season, but 24 hours later, he stated in a press conference that he had no intention of leaving the club. [ 17 ] On 8 May 2008, the day after Barcelona ‘s blue 4–1 defeat to archrivals Real Madrid, Barcelona president Joan Laporta announced that at the end of the 2007–08 season, Rijkaard would no long be head coach of the first team. Laporta made the announcement after a board meet, and Rijkaard was succeeded by Pep Guardiola. [ 18 ] Laporta made it clear that Rijkaard ‘s achievements “ made history ” and praised him for his time at the baseball club .
Galatasaray [edit ]
On 5 June 2009, Rijkaard signed a biennial contract to manage the turkish Süper Lig team Galatasaray, following the resignation of Bülent Korkmaz two days earlier. He was sacked on 19 October 2010 and was replaced with Gheorghe Hagi .
Saudi Arabia [edit ]
On 28 June 2011, it was announced that Rijkaard would be head passenger car of the Saudi Arabia national team after a deal was reached with the Saudi Arabia Football Federation. [ 19 ] Saudi Arabia were eliminated in the third round of 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification after a 4–2 away get the better of to Australia in their concluding peer on 29 February, finishing one-third in their group. The 21st Arabian Gulf Cup was the second rival for Rijkaard with Saudi Arabia. The Saudis left the competition at the group stage after losing 2–0 against Iraq, a 2–0 gain against Yemen and 1–0 defeat against Kuwait. On 16 January 2013, Rijkaard was dismissed under a confidential contractual termination penalty clause following Saudi Arabia ‘s passing at the tournament. [ 20 ]
late career [edit ]
In 2013, Florida prep school Montverde Academy hired Rijkaard as their adviser of player development. [ 21 ] In December 2016, Rijkaard announced he would no long pursue a position as director. [ 22 ]
Coaching philosophy and dash [edit ]
As a passenger car, Rijkaard ‘s essential philosophy is to guide his team towards playing attack-minded football as a cohesive unit. In doing this, he believes a team can achieve the double objectives of winning games and ensuring the consultation ‘s use of the spectacle. This follows in the best coaching traditions of Rijkaard ‘s countrymen and forebears Rinus Michels and Johan Cruyff. In this fall, it is celebrated that Michels coached both Cruyff and Rijkaard during their respective participations with the Dutch national team, and that Cruyff himself went on to coach Rijkaard. Nonetheless, Rijkaard believes in working within a contemporary football context and is not out to imitate the styles and tactics of past masters. In his own words :
you gain many impressions from the past. You still have it in your mind when you become a coach, and if something happens you can recall how it was dealt with. But I strongly believe that you cannot copy anyone. The decisions that a great coach made years ago will not necessarily work today. [ 23 ]
Rijkaard has obviously learned to curb the quick chasten of his play days and is much a portrayal of calm and stability in educate and along the touchline. He rarely courts controversy in the media and is more apt now to promote a positive environment and let his team ‘s bid address for itself when faced with acute competition or criticism. [ 24 ] The tactics used during his tenure as coach of Barcelona best exemplify Rijkaard ‘s commitment to playing fashionable attacking football. During the team ‘s 2004–05 and 2005–06 campaigns, the coach frequently fielded a 4–3–3 formation, a system which encouraged the flare and creativity of the players in the front man third of the field and created optimum interplay between the midfielders and forwards during attacks, with Ronaldinho being the focal point of the team ‘s umbrage. [ 25 ] Within this system, the four defenders besides tended to play in a relatively high position on the lurch to support the midfield, which frequently advanced to participate in the attack. The team broadly focuses on maintaining possession in the opponents ‘ half of the playing field, applying coerce in order to force the opposition to make errors in defensive structure and offensive counter-attacking .
personal life [edit ]
Rijkaard comes from a football-playing class. He is the son of Herman Rijkaard, a former football player who played for SV Robinhood in the Surinamese Hoofdklasse, before emigrating to the Netherlands, where he played in the Dutch Eredivisie for FC Blauw-Wit. [ 6 ] His older brother, Herman Rijkaard, Jr., is a FIFA certified players ‘ agent who represents respective players internationally. [ 26 ] Twice divorced, he is presently married to Stephanie and has four children. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] [ 29 ]
Media [edit ]
Rijkaard features in EA Sports ‘ FIFA video game series ; he was featured in the FIFA 14, FIFA 15, FIFA 16 and FIFA 17 Ultimate Team Legends. [ 30 ] For FIFA 18, FIFA 19, FIFA 20 and FIFA 21, he appeared as an ICON player in FIFA Ultimate Team ( FUT ) .
career statistics [edit ]
club [edit ]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[31][32][33][34]
Club
Season
League
Cup
Europe
Other
Total
Division
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Ajax
1980–81
Eredivisie
24
4
1
1
–
25
5
1981–82
27
5
0
0
–
27
5
1982–83
25
3
8
1
0
0
–
33
4
1983–84
23
9
3
1
1
0
–
27
10
1984–85
34
7
3
1
4
1
–
41
9
1985–86
30
9
6
4
2
0
–
38
13
1986–87
34
7
5
0
9
2
–
48
9
1987–88
8
3
0
0
1
1
0[a]
0
9
4
Total
205
47
25
7
18
5
0
0
248
59
Sporting CP
1987–88
Primeira Divisão
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Zaragoza
1987–88
La Liga
11
0
0
0
–
–
11
0
AC Milan
1988–89
Serie A
31
4
6
0
9
1
1[b]
1
47
6
1989–90
29
2
6
0
9
2
3[c]
0
47
4
1990–91
30
3
2
0
4
0
3[d]
3
39
6
1991–92
30
5
5
0
–
–
35
5
1992–93
22
2
5
0
6
3
0
0
33
5
Total
142
16
24
0
28
6
7
4
201
26
Ajax
1993–94
Eredivisie
30
10
4
0
6
1
1
0
41
11
1994–95
26
2
2
0
10
0
1
0
39
2
Total
56
12
6
0
16
1
2
0
80
13
Career total
414
75
55
7
62
12
9
4
540
98
International [edit ]
Appearances and goals by national team and year[35]
National team
Year
Apps
Goals
Netherlands
1981
1
0
1982
5
0
1983
3
2
1984
2
0
1985
5
0
1986
4
0
1987
4
0
1988
10
0
1989
5
0
1990
7
1
1991
3
0
1992
11
3
1993
4
0
1994
9
4
Total
73
10
- Scores and results list the Netherlands’ goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rijkaard goal.
managerial statistics [edit ]
- As of 16 January 2013[31][37]
Team
From
To
Record
G
W
D
L
Win %
Netherlands
June 1998
July 2000
22
8
12
2
0 36.36
Sparta Rotterdam
June 2001
May 2002
38
6
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12
20
0 15.79
Barcelona
July 2003
May 2008
273
160
63
50
0 58.61
Galatasaray
5 June 2009
20 October 2010
67
37
15
15
0 55.22
Saudi Arabia
28 June 2011
16 January 2013
27
7
9
11
0 25.93
Total
427
218
111
98
0 51.05
Honours [edit ]
player [edit ]
Ajax
AC Milan [ 10 ]
Netherlands
Individual
director [edit ]
Barcelona
Individual
Notes [edit ]
References [edit ]
Awards and achievements
Preceded byRafael Benítez
UEFA Champions League winning coach
2005–06
Succeeded byCarlo Ancelotti
Read more: Dries Mertens